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Steve Bors is standing at this booth in Flea World dressed in a wig, a fruit-basket hat, a woman's pink slip, carrying a crocheted purse and holding a pink cane. The name of his booth is Dumpster Divers. And he's not kidding. "We find good stuff in dumpsters and we put it out for sale," says Bors, from DeBary, who uses funny hats and weird costumes to attract customers. Bors describes his inventory — old paperbacks, used clothing, yard sale toys, rummage sale kitchenware — as those things that bring back memories. "We're are kind of like a nostalgia place," says Bors, 67, which is true if you are nostalgic for all the things you threw...

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The name of his booth is Dumpster Divers. And he's not kidding.
"We find good stuff in...

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